Excessive weight gain during pregnancy increases the risk of preeclampsia in women who are pregnant for the first time, according to a new study published June 18 in Hypertension.

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been proven to raise the risk of cardiovascular complications, but a diagnosis doesn’t necessarily mean an inevitable slide toward those outcomes, according to the authors of a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Diabetes triples the risk of death from ischemic heart disease or stroke in women and doubles the risk in men with no previous vascular disease, according to new research published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests 5.5 percent more rural Americans are obese than their metropolitan counterparts.

A new study published in JAMA: Cardiology on June 13 suggests black patients have a higher risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and are less likely to receive guideline-appropriate statin therapy.

Systolic blood pressures above 130 millimeters of mercury in middle age were associated with an increased risk of dementia later on, according to a longitudinal study published June 12 in the European Heart Journal.

A new study published in PLOS Medicine suggests people prescribed a single-pill fixed-dose drug combination (FDC) to manage hypertension are more likely to be compliant with their medication and achieve better health outcomes than those taking separate pills.

A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association suggests stroke patients who reach and maintain the new hypertension guidelines of 130/80 mmHg may cut their risk of death by 33 percent.